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Subscribe and consider becoming a channel member This home movie from 1939 shows a tourist's visit to a dude ranch located in Wyoming, and one in Montana. The name of the filmmaker is unknown, but whoever it was created an elaborate travelogue complete with title cards. The ranch shown at the start of the film was run by Vieva and Deyo Jeffers. It was apparently located near the Little Piney Creek, although the exact location isn't mentioned in the film (and the name of the ranch is hard to make out on the sign at :41. The movie shows a fairly typical dude ranch experience, including opportunities for guests to see branding of cattle (1:57) and horseback riding (2:44). At 4:18 Steamboat Rock, Montana and “Bob's Cattle Camp“ is shown. At 5:58, the Elkhorn Dude Ranch in Montana is shown. At 6:42, a cow is milked. At 7:08, ice cream and fried chicken is served at a picnic. At 8:37, a roping demonstration. At 10:09, images shot in Dayton, Wyoming including the Stockmen's Saloon. At 10:38, more riding in a column, and at 13:40, people stand atop a horse's saddle. The Elkhorn Ranch still exists, and operates as a guest ranch as it has since 1922. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit
